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Show HENWOOD TEILS OF THREATS MADE BY TONY VON FHUL i Prosecutor Withdraws Ob-- Ob-- jections to Admission of Evidence Excluded. ' DKNVEB, June 2. The bar, to the testimony of Mrs. John W. riprjngcr, in the trial of Frank Harold Henwood for the piurder of lieorgc K. Copeland. were thrown down today by District Attorney Klliott, wheu lie withdn-w hi, objections to the introduction of testimony tending to show threats against Henwood by HylveteeTi. Vein Phul previoua to the sbootiag. Mrs. Springer was immediatelv atimmoned to appear in court and she will take the stand this afternoon to testify con corning conversations she had with I Von Puhl and involving Henwood. I ' Mr. Klliott gave hia reason for with drawing hia objections, which objections objec-tions had been sustained by Judge Whitford, that he desired to give the"r defendant every opportunity to justify his act. ' Henwood also was iermttted to re late to the jury his reasons for Jiis be-lief be-lief that Von Phul intended to kill him and to present evidence corroborating corrobo-rating his htatementi. I WillnrmW ftime, deputy nil oner; told thia morning of finding torn photographa of Henwood in Von Phul 'a pockets after the latter had been shot. These photographs, it has been stated, were given Mrs. Springer by Hea,wood and secured in the Springer apartments apart-ments by Von Phnl and torn hv him. Henwood then took the stand and told of n box partv at the Orpheum on the afternoon of May S3, the day before the shooting, the party including includ-ing Mrs. Springer and Von Phul. After the eh.nw, he said. Von Phul followed Mas. Springer to her room at the Brown Palace hotel, called her into the hall and slapped her. Mrs. Springer at once sent for Henwood. told him ahe had been struck by Von Phnl and begged him not to attempt to recover from Von Phul her letters, which Henwood Hen-wood bad promised to do. Mrs. Springer told Henwood that Von Phul waa "desperate "and that ho had aaid he intended to kill Henwood. The next dav, according to Henwood. Mra. Springer smuggled- en unsigned note to him. begging him "foAtiod'a sake" hot to come to the hotel, that she bad had an awful scene with Von Phul. who had again threatened to kilt Henwood." Henwood aaid he bought a revolver that afternoon. "I never owned a re. yolver in mv life before," he added Mra. John W. Sprlnirer followed lien-wood lien-wood on the atand and testified to Ihreate aaalnst Henwood made by Von Phut. She also testified that Vnn Ptiul had struck her on the evening before tho shooting affray and twice on previoua occasions. oc-casions. She had told Henwood of those seta r!he also aaid that Von Phut hart taken from the apartments of herseir and husband two photoeraphe of Henwood Hen-wood and had torn them up In her" presence, pres-ence, i ' |